Plan of the Week: Sept 28 - Oct 2
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week goes to the Puntin' Peds Flag Football Team who won their first game 27-6!
September has been an exciting month for the NCC Peds Residency Family:
Congratulations to Brenda Zhang and her husband, Joe, on their nuptials over Labor Day weekend!
Congratulations to Melanie Yonko, her husband, Ben, and their son, Silas, on welcoming their newest addition to the family, Amelia, on September 18th!
Congratulations to Grace Trello and her husband, Steven, on their wedding on September 19th!
Resident Retreat Photos coming next week!
Schedule:
Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes | |
Monday, 9/28 | Case & Food Allergies Lecture by Dr. Price from Allergy & Immunology | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Tuesday, 9/29 | PHCC | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Wednesday, 9/30 | Pediatric Primary Care Round Table | 0745-0850 Canyon Conference Room | All Welcome Submit questions here |
Thursday, 10/1 | Case & Lecture TBD | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 10/2 | Board Review | 0745-0850 America 2525 | Medical Students, Interns & Residents |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
29 SEP: Annual Pediatric Memorial Service | 07 OCT: Andrew Koury |
12 OCT: Indigenous Persons Day (Clinic Closed) | 07 OCT: Caroline Reckart |
12 OCT: Deborah Kolade |
The Social Committee has put together a calendar for Residency Events this year. Click below to view.
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Meet our Rotating 4th Year Applicants!
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Resident Announcements
Check your BLS/PALS Expiration Dates!
Reminder to check your BLS and PALS expiration dates and sign-up early for recertification courses
Classes fill quickly so sign-up early!
Follow the steps below to sign up for a recertification class
Click this link to access the Walter Reed Relias website
Click “Course Library”
Search “BLS” or "PALS"
BLS: You can sign up for for either Blended (requires pre-work) or Challenge Course
If challenge courses are full on Relias, reach out to POCs below to see if they will accept an add-on
PALS and BLS POC: PO2 Nguyen (uyen.l.nguyen4.mil@health.mil)
Rotation Supervisor Contact List for AY 26-27
The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information for rotation supervisors
Remember to check MedHub and review updated goals & objectives for your rotations!
Intern/Resident Contact List for AY 26-27
The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information for the interns and residents
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RSV Prevention in Infants for RSV Season 2026-2027
As RSV season approaches, please take a moment to review the attached two-page guidance on RSV prevention for infants, which outlines eligibility criteria and prevention options. RSV season begins on October 1st, at which time we will start routinely offering Beyfortus (RSV monoclonal antibody) as passive protection for eligible infants. Please note that we also have a very limited supply of Enflonsia available as an alternative for the first season protection (not weight-based).
Please reach out to Dr. Helfrich (alison.helfrich@usuhs.edu) with any questions.
Adolescent Resources
If you have a patient in the PCMH that you feel would be better suited to the Adolescent clinic, you may message Ms. Charlee (Charmoine Draughn) and as long as the patient's PCM is already someone at Walter Reed, she can make the switch to AYA. Otherwise, the patients will need to call Tricare East at 800-444-5445 or they can use the milConnect website to request a switch.
Adolescent Consult Guidelines
Next Transition to Adult Health Care Class scheduled for 26 OCT 2026.
This website is a new product of a year-long collaborative project between 50+ pediatric residencies including NCC Pediatrics. It is a great, quick snapshot of multiple general pediatrics topics that are outpatient focused. Since our program participated, we have full access to the modules by logging in under “Walter Reed National Capital Consortium.” It will ask for the last four numbers of your phone number for tracking participation. Please let Dr. Carr know if there seems to be a problem with recognition of phone numbers.
Continuity Clinic Assignments
See Continuity Clinic Assignments for AY 26-27 below.
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All Staff Updates
2026 Antibiograms Now Available Electronically
Resident Morning Report Sign In:
Faculty CME Sign In:
PI/QI Reminders
Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:
10/27: "Step 4 - Root Causes"; PGY-3 Update: Genesis
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
ICR Small Group Teaching Pediatric/ Teaching Opportunities at USU
Fall ICR Sessions- SignUp Genius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094BADA92EA2FF2-64046317-fall
RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, & FACULTY welcome
Developmental Delay ICR: 28 Sept 1300-1650
Pediatric Obesity Integrated Cases: 29 Sept 1300-1430 -- Facilitators Needed
PEDIATRIC ISSUES- Introduction to Clinical Reasoning (ICR) 06 NOV 1230-1630
Please find all opportunities for AY26-27 below:
Faculty Development
Register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/
CAP-ECHO: Mental Health in Primary Care
A Multidisciplinary Learning Community for Residents and Trainees Supporting Military-Connected Families - Free Virtua Case-Based Learning Sessions
Research & Upcoming Conferences
COMPRA 2026
The 45th Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA) will be held from November 6-8, 2026 and located along the beautiful Riverwalk, in San Antonio, Texas at the Hotel Contessa. This year’s conference theme will be “Neonatology: A Changing Landscape.” We have an excellent guest speakers: Dr. Nicholas R. Carr, a former Air Force Neonatologist who is now a transport director for Intermountain Health and University of Utah, and Dr. Alvaro Moreira, expert in AI, informatics and associate professor at Johns Hopkins. The deadline for submission of all abstracts was August 14, 2026. Applicants will be notified of selection for attendance and presentation of abstracts by the end of August. Travel awards will be provided to all accepted fellows and additional abstracts as funding allows.
AAP 2026
The 2026 AAP National Conference & Exhibition will take place in sunny San Diego, CA, from 10/2 to 10/6. If you have been accepted for a poster or platform presentation, please reach out to Ms. Sonia Edwards (sonia.m.edwards.civ@health.mil) and Kayla to secure funding.
Please also reach out to Kayla if you have been accepted to any other upcoming conferences.
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
2026 MDAAP Chapter Annual Meeting
This year’s theme will be “Tangible Tools for Child Health & Well-Being."
Location: Maritime Conference Center, 692 Maritime Blvd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Date and time: Sat, Oct 24, 2026 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Organizer: Nellie Power, (410) 878-9702, executivedirector@mdaap.org
Reach out to Brenda Zhang (brenda.zhang.mil@health.mil) or Ellie Dullea (elizabeth.j.dullea.mil@health.mil) if you have any questions.
ARMY
Height/Weight Requirements
The Army is transitioning from the traditional height/weight tables to the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) health risk assessment tool as the ABCP measurement standard. Please see the memo below. Stay tuned for updates from your company regarding roll-out - all must complete the WHtR before 15 SEP.
AFT Rodeo
The semi-annual Brigade AFT Rodeo will be held 26 - 31 OCT 2026.
Army Leave
Current leave process
Please send an email to your military advisor notifying of specific leave requests
Please use IPPS-A for all leave/absence requests; go to https://myaccess.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/app/login and login with your CAC
Make sure you change your email in order to receive email notifications -> My Profile -> My Current Profile -> down arrow next to name -> Personal Details -> Contact Details
Submit leave
Submit Leave to your specific Military Advisor (PGY2/3) or Dr. Stagliano (PGY1)
Click My Absences in the home page
Complete the appropriate information, an example of chargeable leave is below:
Absence Type: 1-Chargeable Absence
Absence Name: Absence
Absence Reason: 01- Annual (Ordinary) Absence and complete the remainder of the page
Enter Start and End Dates
For supervisor ID: direct it to your ARMY ADVISOR
Complete address information with the location of where you are going
Click submit
For OCONUS leave: Send to Dr. Stagliano
See the powerpoint below for instructions
AIR FORCE
Tentative Next Commander's Call: 11 DEC 2026 - Please reach out to Kayla to coordinate with schedule.
Leave:
Please complete, sign, and have Maj Kolasinski sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.
Put Maj Kolasinski as first approver and Maj Jean as second approver
For the checklist - Overdue items will need a plan for updating or else leave is at jeopardy of not being approved.
Here’s how you should answer Checklist:
1 – in JKO ensure that your annual cyberawareness, Hippa, level 1 antiterrorism training are done
2- Check your IMR and ensure all green https://asimsimr.health.mil/imr/myIMR.aspx if not use comment box to write what is not up to date and plan
3 – BCA tests are due at the end of your birth month
4 – PT test due date. You can check at myfss https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management
5 – N/A for residents
For OCONUS leave: Submit to Maj Jean instead of Dr. K or Zanetti with Dr. Reynolds as back up approver
NAVY
See below from LCDR Paul Cusmano regarding Leave:
Updated Navy GME Leave Guidance:
o Trainees will submit e-Leave requests in NSIPS, as per usual, with comment specifically stating “I have obtained approval for this leave request by my Program Leadership” and to clearly state “I am Navy GME, with anticipated graduation date of […]” for purposes of ensuring that e-Leave requests are not recycled due to TCCC incompletion.
o I will be working with the Leave Office to modify all Navy GME e-Leave matrices to include only (1) enlisted reviewer for readiness/training verification purposes and (2) me as the final approver for all CONUS leave 14 days or less. Leave >14 days or OCONUS leave must still be routed to the XO per the NMRTC Bethesda official leave policy.
Leave & Liberty Divisional Readiness LPO: 4th Div LPO- HM2 Mariavicka Sanchez- Responsible for DMS, which includes Pediatricshttps://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/NMSD/SitePages/4th%20Division.aspx
(hover over 4th Division tab)
Please reach out to Kayla at kayla.s.dahlquist.mil@health.mil or kaylasdahlquist@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
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